God's eye
A decorative diamond-shaped item woven from yarn, associated with Mexican and Central and South American Native American peoples.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“We made a colorful God's eye in art class today.”
“The children carefully wrapped bright yarn around the sticks to create a traditional God's eye.”
“During the cultural workshop, the instructor explained the historical significance of the God's eye before teaching the students how to weave their own.”
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
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blink of an eye
A moment (a very short period of time).
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bow down before the porcelain god
Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
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call someone everything but a child of God
To call someone many abusive names.
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camel through the eye of a needle
Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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catch the eye
To attract the attention
Last updated August 10, 2026